Study on the Relationship Between Agricultural Mechanization and Agricultural International Competitiveness

This paper stated that the agricultural international competitiveness requires higher efficiency of and partitions the factors affecting the agricultural international competitiveness into competitive abilities (internal factor) and competitive environments (external factor). It is believed that the agricultural production elements are the key factors, which influences the agricultural international competitiveness. This paper also discussed the principles, technical courses and development strategies for improving agricultural international competitiveness and for the development of agricultural mechanization in the new era. Qualitative and quantitative techniques were used in the analysis to indicate that in the transition period from traditional agriculture to modern agriculture, agricultural mechanization is the key factor influencing the agricultural international competitiveness. The level of agricultural mechanization is the core to form agricultural international competitiveness, which determines the strength or weakness of agricultural international competitiveness. It is stated that the process of agricultural mechanization is a process of technique progress and metabolism. An investment in the mechanization will result in an internal increment. Then the agricultural competitiveness will be increased by the favorable feedback effect. China should be on a new course of industrialization and mechanization that can boost agricultural international competitiveness, focus on diversity, comprehensiveness and high efficiency. Also, China should choose a combinatorial agricultural mechanization strategy that combines the technique progresses and labor resources.